The Portland daily press., 1887-11-10

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get some one to go the grave and see if they /
DO anything to it and come and tell me-
Inere was nothing further at that time. The /
next time | heard her say anything about it |
WAS IN 1870 was there and her brother
william was there, and she told him the
same stony that she had told me, about DIR.
Cneneys coming there, and what he had
SAID ABOUT the laurels, and she asked him
what she had better do, as it troubled her
to have him coming there, and her brother
replied, Sally, that is what he always
called her, tell him to take his
p %rts at no tgSe to doo the devil and he
ne, ask him If he sees the door, ana tell
MN to walk out and take care of his own
business, and that you are capable of taking
care OF yours. could see well enough to
see MS motions, and saw him point to the
door: was pretty near. She said that She
didn't want TO turn anybody out of doors,
and he says. The next time he comes you
SEM sena . ior me- ~, There. was nothing more at
that Tune. The next time was there she
said he had been there again. | do not know
now long afterwards it was; l guess wear,
more or less. She said he had been there
again, but that she didn't want her property
TO go to the college; that she asked Dr.
Cheney II he was acquainted with her son,
and he had heard of him. She asked him if
the trustees, or any one at the college, the
students or any one, knew him, and he had
SAD ne didn't think they did, and she said
that she never had any acquaintance with
Cheney; she didn't want her property to go
there, for they didn't care anything about
her or her son Hiram either; all they cared
Tor was to get the property, and she had rela-
tives and friends enough to give it to. When
we were alone she would speak to me about
the will she proposed to make. There was
one time DR.. Cheney was not there for quite
a little while. Another time she said he had
been there after her property again, and that
It worried her, and she wished her son was
there to take care of it; that
If her son was there he wouldn't
have him come, or that she wished her
brother William was there, and he would
keep him away; he wouldn't have him conf
ing there. She spoke in that way more than
dozen times, L guess, and would always
say she didn't want her property to 90 to
the college. She said DR.. Cheney sent her
the Morning Star, and she would read about
the needs and wants of colleges. She asked
me at one time what | supposed he sent that
to her for; tonkeep her posted as to the
needs and wants of colleges? She said that
was what seemed to be in it. She thought
they had better wait until they were able to
build college and support it. She didn't
care anything about the college; she didn't
want her property to go there. She wished
her son was there to help her take care of
hers. She would worry and talk, and saw
she wished the General was alive; he would
help her. She seemed very much edis-
tressed and disturbed. She said it worried
her, and she didn't know what to do. |
tnlnk her feeling OF anxiety increased as
about 1877, and seemed more distressed that
evening than any other previously. don't
recollect now whether it was in 1877 or after
that year., She said DR.. Cheney had been
there, and she seemed much disturbed and
cried about 1t; she wished her son Hiram
was there to keep him from coming or her
brother William, or her son Benjamin. or
the General. She went so far that night as
TO say to me, i wish your Uncle Ben was
here That was her husband. | was afraid
from her appearance that she was losing her
reason. Ali along after 1877, She spoke to
me about giving her property to her rela-
yves. She never alluded to the fact of DR..
Cheney's having written will she never
SAID anything to indicate that she had made
any Will at all, down to the last time saw
her. During all those years, down to 1885.
wnen talking about her property, she talked
ABOUT giving up to the BelcherS what came
from the Belchers and the rest to her rela-
tlVes, repeating it over and over again; she
never expressed to me any intention of Civ
ing cent to Bates College; she always said
Sne didn't want her property to 90 there.
She was not woman who had ang interest
IN educational institutions. Her own educa-
ton was such as people received in her
younger days She married young at about
IL think, and of course received no very
great education. L never knew of Mrs.
Belcher's attending church. | never knew
OF her contributing largely for church pur-
poses. She used to take intoxicating LIQUOR
as medicine, she told me. don't know
V.O
how many years. She would use profane
language sometimes when she got put out
She used to swear little about the college:
she used to speak of it, when she was troub-
LED, as the damned old college," She said
the purpose for which they wanted her prop
erty was Tor carrying on the college Mrs.
Belcher had never in the world down to
1889, said a word to me implying that she
had made will"
The cross-examlnation elected nothing
new.
The contestants then introduced the depo-
ssltion of Elizabeth w. Cothren of BROOKLYN,
n. Y. Deponent testified that she had
heard Mrs. Belcher say that DIR. Cheney
wanted her to leave money to Bates College,
put sne dld not propose to do so.
Contestants also introduced the deposition
OF Elizabeth w. Cothren of Pennington.
Deponent testified that Dr. Cheney once
called at Mrs. Belcher's while she was pres
ont, left sotchel and went away. Mrs Bel
cher then said that DR.. Cheney wished her
TO give $4,000 TO Bates College; that he had
been there before, but that it would do no
good for him to come
A deposition was introduced from ClOrin-
da Backus of Pennington, who testified that
Mrs. Belcher was addicted to the use of in
toxicatlng liquors.
Dispositions were introduced from t. S.
Beicher, >. Il. Robinson, L. III. Adams, H.
f. White and Benjamin Goodwin, as to mi
nor matters.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The contestants read in evidence the depo-
sitions of George W. Wheeler, Josephine NJ.
Pease, Herman Corbett and Jacob c.
Church, all Of Pennington, upon minor mat
tiers, and also the dispositions of Sarah f.
Bean. The deponent testified as to the use
OF intoxicating liquor by Mrs Belcher. "She
used intoxicating liquors to my knowledge.
She said that she had always used her rum;
that she had money to pay for it, and she
should use all she wanted while she lived. I
have seen her intoxicated 1 should say l
had seen her rum crazy; that is what 1
called it at the time.
Sarah E. Stanley, daughter of John
Bachus, brother of Mrs. Belcher, and Mrs.
Ellen 5. Allen, sister of Mrs. Stanley. testi-
fed substantially as the preceding wit
nesses as to the remarks made by Mrs.
Belcher respecting DIR. Cheney and his visits.
Mrs. Mary A. johnson, a niece of Mrs
Belcher, testified that she had met DR.. Che
ney at Mrs. Belcher's in 1886, when she un-
aerstood his business there was to get do
nation for Bates College. He was there a
number of times during her sickness. Mrs.
Belcher told her that Dr. Cheney wished her
TO make donation to the College.
=, Inc Court here adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning